Re: llvm on aarch64 builds very slowly

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi Ricardo,

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:

> Hi Guix,
>
> I had to manually run the build of llvm 11 on aarch64, because it would
> keep timing out:
>
>     time guix build
> /gnu/store/0hc7inxqcczb8mq2wcwrcw0vd3i2agkv-llvm-11.0.0.drv
> --timeout=999999 --max-silent-time=999999
>
> After more than two days it finally built.  This seems a little
> excessive.  Towards the end of the build I saw a 1% point progress
> increase for every hour that passed.
>
> Is there something wrong with the build nodes, are we building llvm 11
> wrong, or is this just the way it is on aarch64 systems?

I'd ask in #llvm on libera.chat; hopefully someone is used to develop on
aarch64 there and would know.

Thanks,

Maxim